Fly-trap.



PATE N TED JULY 21, 1903.

F. J LAMPTON.

FLY TRAP. APPLICATION FILED-FEB. 1B, l903.

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UNITED STATES Patented-Tidy 21," 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

FLAVIUS J'. LAM'PTON, (in WEIR oi TY 'K A'n's As.

FLY-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,340, dated July 21, 1903. Application iiled February 18 1903. Serial No. 143,954:- (Noniodeh) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLAVIUS J. LAMPTON, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Weir City, in the county of Cherokee and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Im-.

proved Fly-Trap, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description- This invention relates to improvements indevices for removing flies or similar winged insects from cows or other animals and trapping the same, an object being to'provide a device for this purpose that shall be simple and durablein its construction and comparatively inexpensive.

I will describe a fly-trap embodying my in;

on the line 44 of Fig. 2 and on an enlarged scale, andFig. 5 is a sectional detail showing the lower portion of the trap.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the structure, of any suitable materialthat is, the sides may consist of sheet metal or of wood and the top of wood. This structure is 'sufficiently'large to permit an animal, such as a cow or a horse, to pass through. At one end, which may be termed the entrance end, the structure is 'providedwith a swing;

ing door 11, and at the outward endis a swinging door 12. Arrangedjon the frame at the upper portion of the door-opening at the entrance 'endis ascreen 13,whichextends' downward for a short distance and'then inward, this screen being designed to prevent flies from passing out through the doorway of the entrance when the door 11 is open, as it is well known that flies will go to the upper portion of a structure in seeking to escape.

At the center of the structure is a frame 14, in which is hunga curtain 15 of any suitable materialsuch, for instance, as heavy cloth. This curtain at about its center is provided with an opening 16, through which the animal may see and pass its head. The ourtain'from this opening down is slitted or separated'into two parts, so that when an animal passes through the same the two members-of the curtain will engage the sides of the animal, scaring off the flies or rubbing them off thean'imal. A similar curtain 17 is hung-on a frame 18, arranged just inside the door 12. The curtain 15 practically divides the structu re into two compartments,and communicating with each compartment is a trap for p receiving the flies or other insects. The top board of the structure over each,compartment is provided with an opening19, and over this opening the trap is placed. The

side walls of the trap consist of a netting 20,

*trap, and connected to these end walls and "the sides of the frame 21 is a wire-netting 28,

which is slightly spaced apart at the apex to permitflies to pass through same. The trap is rem'ovably seated between strips 29, attached tothe top of the structure.

Before operating the device forthe purpose designed the cattle should become accustomed to passing through itthat is, the doors at both ends should be opened and the cattle one at a time driven through. When the enddoors are closed, the structure interior will be quite dark, and therefore the flies or otherinsects upon leaving the animals pass through, I

seeking escape by way of the traps. As soon as an animal enters the structure the door at the entrance end is to be immediately closed and the door at the outlet end opened. The

'animals in passing through the curtains will agitate the same, so that the "flies will be frightened or rubbed off. Aftertheahimal passes out the outlet-door is to be closed for afew moments, rendering the structure dark, as before mentioned, when the flies or other insects willpass into the traps. The traps, with the flies in them, are now to be removed and the flies killed by burning or other suitable means, and then the dead flies may be emptied out through the opening 23.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A device for the purpose described, comprising a structure having an inlet at one end, and an outlet'at the other end, a screen extended downward and inward at the top of the outlet, a curtain at the inlet end, a curtain between the ends of the structure, both of said curtains consisting of cloth divided centrally, and a trap having communication with the interior of the structure.

2. A device for the purpose specified, comprising a structure through which animals WVitnesses:

JAMES WEST, J. H. DowNEY. 

